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Plans
for The
West Fife Woodlands group were shown around Balgownie Wood this week by
Forestry Commission Scotland’s ranger, Colin Peacock. Many
of its members visit the wood frequently. However all were surprised at
some of the things they’d not noticed before, lurking deep in areas
of Sitka spruce plantings. For example, there is evidence of oaks having
been coppiced, with their stools still alive and in some cases reaching
2m in diameter. West
Fife Woodlands has a programme of walks which take place on the third
Saturday of the month. Why not join us? John
Le Marie, chair Chance
to visit Saline's Kirklands House is to be the venue for one of Scotland's Gardens Scheme open days on Sunday, 22nd June, between 2 and 5pm.
Proposals for wind farm near Saline revealed Proposals for a wind farm about 2km north-west of Saline have been revealed. If planning permission is granted, construction work on the wind farm would start in around three years time and take between six and nine months to complete. It would involve the building of seven, 120m high turbines, along with associated access tracks.
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Woodland
walks Why not explore West Fife’s rich woodland heritage with the West Fife Woodlands group?
MP
opens The 3rd annual West Fife Villages Exhibition of Art and Photography was opened on Saturday 19th April by Willie Rennie MP.
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Saline
Environment Group’s bank balance has increased by £8850
thanks to a grant from the BIG Lottery Fund’s “Breathing
Places”.
New group
A
warm welcome awaits all people of different cultures in Blairhall
Community Centre on Monday evenings at six o’ clock.
Kids give thumbs up to new play area Valleyfield Environment and Recreation Trust (VERT) officially opened their latest project on 1st July. This was the new children’s play area at Preston Street, High Valleyfield, which replaces an earlier play area that had fallen into a state of decay.
A new Village? Located to the west of the Saline to Comrie road, the Comrie Colliery site is derelict. There remain only the brooding slurry ponds, the menacing fenced-off areas of contaminated land, and the stark spoil heap where wisps of smoke still rise from deep embers.
Coffee shop open Culross and Torryburn Church have opened a cafe, the Abbey Coffee Shop, for the summer months.
Brew-up skills in forest tested! WHILST many people were at home recovering from excesses over the festive season, members of the West Fife Woodlands group were in Townhill Wood with Lynn Strachan, Fife Countryside ranger, learning basic woodland management skills.
Balgownie Wood sees the light This little known and infrequently visited area of West Fife woodland, some 53 hectares in size, is owned by the Scottish Executive and until now has been managed by Forest Enterprise as a commercial conifer plantation.
Art
exhibition Last April, the folk at Saline organised a Saline & Steelend exhibition of art and photography for work produced by local artists and photographers
Valleyfield
Environment and Recreation Trust (VERT) officially opened their latest
project with the unveiling of an interpretation board located on Woodhead
Street, High Valleyfield, outlining the history of the former Valleyfield
Estate in human and natural terms.
Opening
of The Torry Community Garden, located beside Torryburn Primary School in Newmills, celebrated its official opening.
The future of West Fife's Woodlands The West Fife Villages Community Planning Group (WFVCPG) has joined forces with the Forestry Commission Scotland and Fife Council to promote access to and recreational use of West Fife’s woodlands.
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